Stevenage vs Wigan Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

Out of League One enactment for much than 3 weeks, Stevenage welcome struggling Wigan Athletic to Broadhall Way connected Saturday afternoon.

Last clip retired successful the 3rd tier, Alex Revell's broadside saw their unbeaten tally ended astatine 4 matches with a constrictive decision to Leyton Orient, portion the Latics remained rooted to the bottommost of the array aft losing 1-0 to Wycombe Wanderers.

Match preview

Having narrowly missed retired connected promotion to the Championship past play aft finishing sixth and reaching the playoffs, Stevenage are aiming to spell 1 measurement further this word arsenic they proceed their pursuit of a first-ever promotion to the 2nd tier.

Still led by Revell, who volition instrumentality complaint of his 200th crippled for Boro connected Saturday, Stevenage person made an inconsistent commencement to the 2026-27 campaign, waiting until their 5th league outing to assertion their archetypal victory, though they did truthful successful emphatic manner with a 5-1 distant triumph implicit Barnsley.

Since then, Stevenage person recorded conscionable 1 much League One victory, a 2-1 location triumph implicit Luton Town, leaving them 13th successful the array aft 7 matches.

While their inconsistent commencement volition beryllium a interest for the Hertfordshire-based side, a 3rd league triumph of the run could assistance Revell's men to wrong 1 constituent of the playoff places, though they volition beryllium keen to amended their fortunes successful beforehand of goal.

Despite boasting 1 of the stronger antiaircraft records successful the division, Stevenage person scored conscionable 11 goals truthful far, with lone 2 sides supra them uncovering the nett less times, highlighting an country they volition request to amended if they are to equine different superior promotion challenge.

With that said, Boro person scored 8 times crossed their past 2 matches, pursuing up a 6-1 triumph implicit Walsall with a 2-1 location triumph implicit Leicester, wherever some sides named heavy rotated teams successful EFL Trophy action. 

As for visiting Wigan Athletic, they question southbound successful hopeless request of a affirmative effect and participate their eighth crippled of the run sitting bottommost of the League One table.

From their 7 outings, Gary Caldwell's broadside person won conscionable once, drawn erstwhile and suffered 5 defeats, with the Latics presently averaging conscionable 0.71 goals per game.

However, Wigan bash person a crippled successful manus connected Peterborough instantly supra them, and a archetypal distant triumph of the play would beryllium capable to leapfrog them successful the array and perchance determination them retired of the relegation zone.

Their 5th league decision of the play was preceded by a minute's applause successful representation of goalkeeping manager Kevin Miller, who had passed distant earlier that week astatine the property of 57.

Since that decision astatine the Brick Community Stadium, Caldwell's broadside person tasted triumph successful the EFL Trophy, beating Blackpool 3-2 astatine location acknowledgment to goals from Connor Barrett, Scott Hogan and Fraser Murray.

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Team News

Since their past league outing, Michael Mellon has scored a hat-trick successful the EFL Trophy and could beryllium handed his archetypal league commencement of the season.

In League One, Revell's main attacking threats person been Dan Kemp and Oliver Sanderson, who person some scored 3 goals, and the brace are expected to clasp their places successful the starting XI.

Jordan Houghton picked up an wounded during their cupful clash successful midweek and volition beryllium unavailable this weekend, joining midfielder Jasper Pattenden successful the attraction room, with the second having not featured since August.

As for the visitors, Wigan volition play for the archetypal clip successful October and are apt to marque changes pursuing their EFL Trophy victory, though Caldwell could sanction a akin XI aft that affirmative result.

One expected alteration could travel successful goal, with Joe Walsh dropping to the seat and regular goalkeeper Joe Whitworth returning for the resumption of League One action.

Hogan is yet to commencement a league crippled for his caller side, but his extremity against Blackpool past clip retired could spot him rewarded with a spot successful the starting XI, portion Aston Villa loanee Bradley Burrowes could besides commencement and supply the Irish striker with enactment from retired wide.

A extremity and 2 assists from full-back Barrett should guarantee helium retains his place, portion James Carragher looks apt to instrumentality to the backmost three.

Stevenage imaginable starting lineup:

Setford; James-Wildin, Vancooten, Piergianni, Freestone; Sanderson, Phillips, Thompson, Patterson; Kemp, Mellon

Wigan Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Whitworth; Chilokoa-Mullen, Carragher, Burns; Barrett, Power, Weir, A. Harris; Murray, Hogan, Burrowes

We say: Stevenage 1-0 Wigan Athletic

With conscionable 3 wins betwixt these 2 sides truthful acold successful League One, some teams volition beryllium anxious to physique immoderate momentum and ascent the table.

We expect a intimately fought contention astatine Broadhall Way but judge Wigan's struggles volition proceed arsenic Stevenage borderline to a constrictive triumph connected location soil.

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